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EDITOR’S NOTE Chairman Lim Geok Khoon 28 PUBLISHER John Thet | [email protected] EDITORIAL Associate Editors Janeen Loh | [email protected] Ian Bongso-Seldrup | [email protected] Interns Tina Jacob | [email protected] MinLi Kong | [email protected] Editorial Consultant Gao Qiang (China) Field Editors Glenn Yong (Singapore) Jonathan Lin (Singapore) Tracey Jennings “At the beach, life is different. A day moves not from hour to hour but leaps from mood to moment. We go with the currents, plan around the tides, follow the sun. We measure happiness by nothing we can hold, nothing we can catch. Everywhere, life is jumping and elusive and momentously momentary.” – Sandy Gingras It is easy for us to be sucked into the rigour of life. As 21st-century citizens, we live in a commercial world where wealth and power dominate. While the quest for survival is no small matter, more often than not, greed enters the picture and overwhelms our desires. But the ocean teaches us that life is not all about riches or status. The waves remind us of who we were created to be – the true desires of our heart that were buried, sometimes crushed, begin to surface as we hear the crashing of waves; the animals show us how to live harmoniously, offering protection when we can while not taking more than we need; and the endless horizon draws us in and leaves us longing for more. The ocean calls us to return to our roots, to dig deep and realise what we’ve been missing, and recognise areas that have been overlooked. It has much to tell, but are you listening? Associate editor, MEDIA PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE AWARDS Publisher of the Year 2014, 2015 John THET Designer of the Year 2015 Zoey LIM Special Interest Media of the Year 2014 ASIAN DIVER ASIA DIVE ACADEMY AWARDS Silent Hero of Marine Conservation 2014 Dive Industry Publisher of the Year 2015 John THET NEWSSTAND DISTRIBUTION ASIAN Geographic can be found in the following countries. If you have difficulty finding us on newsstands, please contact our distributors: AUSTRALIA Gordon & Gotch Australia Pty Ltd; HONG KONG Times Publishing (HK) Ltd; INDONESIA Java Books; MALAYSIA Pansing Marketing Sdn Bhd; SINGAPORE MPH Distributor (S) Pte Ltd; THAILAND Asia Books Co Ltd 8 Web/IT Dutch Catalon | [email protected] ADVERTISING/MARKETING & ADEX (ASIA DIVE EXPO) Account Managers (Regional) Anne Low | [email protected] Desmond Ho | [email protected] Account Executive Maia Zhou | [email protected] Events & Marketing Manager Ellfrance Phang | [email protected] Events & Marketing Senior Executive Karter Lee | [email protected] Events & Marketing Executive Nora Ismail | [email protected] CIRCULATIONS/PRODUCTION Traffic/Production/Circulation Senior Manager Victor Ow | [email protected] MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS [email protected] Indonesia Cipto Aji Gunawan Japan Keiichi Arantani Russia Andrey Bizyukin North America Matt Weiss Germany Dietmar W. Fuchs CONTACT INFORMATION Editorial Submissions | [email protected] Photo Submissions | [email protected] Subscriptions | [email protected] Advertising | [email protected] mpas Editor of the Year 2015 Alice GRAINGER DESIGN Graphic Designer Justin (Tin Htwe) | [email protected] On the cover Stingrays are abundant throughout the islands of French Polynesia. Here, a large stingray comes in close for an over-under portrait at sunset Image © Renee Capozzola WRITE TO US [email protected] Asian Geographic Magazines Pte Ltd 20 Bedok South Road, Singapore 469277 SUBSCRIBE TO ASIAN DIVER For a free subsciption to our quarterly eMag and to access recent issues, go to uw360.asia PPS 1112/08/2012 (022817) ISSN 0218-3064 MCI (P) 014/05/2017 Asian Diver can be found on-board and for your reading pleasure at: